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ISRO will launch advanced earth observation Cartosat-3 satellite

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman, K. Sivan said that by the end of October or in early November, India will be launching its advanced cartography satellite, Cartosat-3, using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 To be equipped with strategic applications that will help taking better pictures, Cartosat-3 is […]

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Indonesia to move capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan

Indonesia will create a new capital city on the island of Borneo, revealing new details about his plan to move the central government out of Jakarta. The capital’s current location faces a number of problems, including the fact that it’s sinking. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Widodo’s announcement comes months after he said he wanted

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Indian Navy prepared to thwart JeM’s underwater plans

Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh said that Indian Navy is fully prepared to thwart any “underwater wing” attacks of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 “We have received an intelligence that an underwater wing of Jaish-e-Mohammed is training people to carry out attacks from water, but we are fully prepared

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PM rejects scope for third party mediation in Kashmir

Prime Minister Narendra Modi rejected any scope for third party mediation between India and Pakistan on Kashmir, saying the two countries can discuss and resolve all issues bilaterally and “we don’t want to trouble any third country.” Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 Modi made these remarks while interacting with the media alongside US President Donald

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Russia to train 4 Indian astronauts for Gaganyaan mission

Russia will train 4 Indian astronauts in its first manned mission to space, Gaganyaan. A total of four Indian astronauts will go to Russia by November 2019 for a training period of 15 months at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre. It will be followed by training in India for six to eight months. The

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Brazil rejects G7 aid to fight with Amazon fires

Brazil rejected aid from G7 countries to fight with Amazon fires, asking French President Emmanuel Macron to “reforest Europe” instead of showing sympathy. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 “We appreciate (the offer), but maybe those resources are more relevant to reforest Europe,” Onyx Lorenzoni, chief of staff to President Jair Bolsonaro, told the G1 news

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Rs 1.76 lakh crore RBI bonanza for Modi government

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has transferred a little over Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the Narendra Modi government, in a move that give greater fiscal leeway to the Centre and bring to an end the contentious debate over the central bank’s ‘excess reserves’. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019 In doing so, the RBI’s

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MoU Signed between Department of Social Justice & Empowerment and National AIDS Control Organization

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Department of Social Justice, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The MoU was signed by Additional Secretary, DoSJ&E Ms. Upma Srivastava and Special Secretary & Director General (NACO & RNTCP), MoH&FW Shri Sanjeev Kumarin

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Dharmendra Pradhan launches the commencement of work for 10th City Gas Distribution bidding round

City Gas Distribution bidding round will cover 50 GAs in 124 districts

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Sh Dharmendra Pradhan launched the commencement of work for 10th City Gas Distribution (CGD) bidding round which will cover 50 Geographical Areas (GAs) in 124 districts. Hon’ble Prime Minister Sh Narendra Modi had launched the 10th CGD bidding Round on 22nd November, 2018. Sh Pradhan had distributed

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Open Acreage Licensing Programme Bid Round-IV to be launched on 27 August

The Government has implemented plethora of reforms in the past five years in the E&P sector. The Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP) replacing the erstwhile New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP) was approved in March 2016 and the Open Acreage Licensing Programme (OALP) along with the National Data Repository (NDR) were launched in June 2017

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